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Massachusetts Senators spend this next week combing through amendments to their $55.8 billion annual budget, which will hit the floor for debate on May 23.
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Most days, commentator and 5th grade English teacher Andrew Varnon walks to work. He approaches Greenfield Middle School from the back, where he thinks it looks more like a medieval castle than a school. He finds that an interesting coincidence.
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As Massachusetts lawmakers continue to work on crafting budget legislation, a recent poll shows affordability is top of mind. The majority of Massachusetts voters polled indicated that they would like to see taxes go down.
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Massachusetts Republicans call the indictment politically motivated. Meanwhile the state's Democratic lawmakers in the House are putting the finishing touches on a tax proposal expected to be released soon.
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Massachusetts lawmakers agreed to a compromise spending bill featuring $388 million in spending directed at what the Senate's budget chief called "time-sensitive, urgent" needs along with $740 million in borrowing plans.
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Bradford Ferrick was charged with possessing child pornography and using a hidden camera to film child patients. The hospital is directing concerns to the U.S. Attorney's office.
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Bradford Ferrick was a resident in Baystate's family practice residency when the FBI searched his homes in Amherst and Winchester, Massachusetts.
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Citizens for Juvenile Justice compiled data showing foster children fare much worse academically than their peers.
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An ancient key stashed in a produce bag, and passed down through the generations, made Sarah Dixwell Brown curious to learn more about it. She chronicled her path to discovering that her seven-greats-grandfather was among those men who signed the death warrant for King Charles I of England.
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Experts found that problems that existed before COVID-19 were only exacerbated by the pandemic.